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The Divided Brain

Now these people mighthave almost continuous epileptic seizures

Now these people might
have almost continuous epileptic seizures

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Now these people might have almost continuous
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epileptic seizures.
Duration
5 seconds
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18
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:47
Uploaded
Jun 14, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

A film which explores a radical new idea - is there an imbalance between our brain hemispheres that is affecting how we live in our modern society?
Which meant that they couldn't really - The Divided Brain 00:07
Which meant that they couldn't really
The original idea was based on the notion that if you - The Divided Brain 00:17
The original idea was based on the notion that if you
The patient wouldn't lose generalized consciousness - The Divided Brain 00:05
The patient wouldn't lose generalized consciousness
Today Michael Gazzaniga is a world-renowned neuroscientist - The Divided Brain 00:07
Today Michael Gazzaniga is a world-renowned neuroscientist
In the 1960s, he was a grad student participating - The Divided Brain 00:07
In the 1960s, he was a grad student participating
By sectioning this structure, as can be seen in this half - The Divided Brain 00:08
By sectioning this structure, as can be seen in this half
And they richly interconnect the two halves of the brain. - The Divided Brain 00:05
And they richly interconnect the two halves of the brain.
What they did was, with some trepidation initially, - The Divided Brain 00:13
What they did was, with some trepidation initially,
And what they found after the operation was that the seizures - The Divided Brain 00:06
And what they found after the operation was that the seizure...
The other thing was it was possible by setting - The Divided Brain 00:14
The other thing was it was possible by setting
Each side of the brain controls the opposite side - The Divided Brain 00:05
Each side of the brain controls the opposite side
So the left hemisphere controls the right side - The Divided Brain 00:08
So the left hemisphere controls the right side
And over here, we flash a picture of an apple. - The Divided Brain 00:04
And over here, we flash a picture of an apple.
That now goes to the right disconnected brain. - The Divided Brain 00:06
That now goes to the right disconnected brain.
And you say to the patient, what did you see? - The Divided Brain 00:04
And you say to the patient, what did you see?
I can't tell you that, either. - The Divided Brain 00:04
I can't tell you that, either.
They found that the left arm and the right arm seem to be - The Divided Brain 00:08
They found that the left arm and the right arm seem to be
So if somebody would select a dress with her right arm, - The Divided Brain 00:08
So if somebody would select a dress with her right arm,
The experiments proved that we have two brains - The Divided Brain 00:05
The experiments proved that we have two brains
But they do not see the world the same way. - The Divided Brain 00:05
But they do not see the world the same way.